For the second consecutive year, Caitlin Clark of Iowa is a unanimous pick for The Associated Press preseason All-America team in women's basketball. Clark led Iowa to the NCAA championship game for the first time in school history where the Hawkeyes lost to Angel Reese and LSU.
FILE - From left are Cameron Brink, Stanford; Paige Bueckers, UConn; Caitlin Clark, Iowa; Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana; Liz Kitley, Va Tech., and Angel Reese, LSU. All were named to the preseason AP All-America women’s NCAA college basketball team, revealed Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. FILE -LSU forward Angel Reese reacts after LSU defeated Michigan in a second-round college basketball game in the women’s NCAA Tournament in Baton Rouge, La., Sunday, March 19, 2023.
“I’m feeling much stronger. I feel more confident in my body than I ever have,” said Bueckers, who was the AP. “When I step on the court, I feel like I’m ready for whatever the defense is going to throw at me and I know people this year are going to test me, push me around, make sure I’m really healthy, make sure my knee’s really good and use physicality as a weapon against me, so I’m ready for that.
It’s the second consecutive year that Kitley has been honored as a preseason All-American. She helped Virginia Tech reach the Final Four last season for the first time in school history, averaging 18.2 points and 10.7 rebounds. Kitley decided to come back instead of enter the WNBA draft.
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